The Effects of Carbon Coating on the Structure and Electrical Conductivity of LiFeSi_0.03P_0.97O₄/ c Cathode Material via Solid State Process

Abstract:

The synthesis of LiFeSi_0.03P_0.97O₄/C (LFSP/C) composites have been done by solid state method. This study investigates the effects of carbon coating on the structure, microstructure and electrical conductivity of LFSP/C cathode materials. The carbon coating on Lithium Ferro Phosphate (LFP) plays a crucial role in determining its electrical conductivity. The variation of carbon content is 0wt.%; 6wt.%; 7wt.%; 8wt.% (LFP-0%, LFP-6%, LFP-7% and LFP-8%). The characterization was performed using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy - Energy Dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX), HighResolution-Transmission Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM) and LCR Meter tests. The XRD result have shown single-phase olivine (LiFePO₄) in all samples. The analysis microstructure using SEM have shown increasing carbon content can reduce agglomeration. The particles size of LFSP is 845.570 nm, and after coating carbon the particles size decreased up to 457.191 nm. The EDX results showed that the amount of atomic percentage for carbon tends to increase as the amount of carbon content increased. HR-TEM images indicates that the formation of carbon layer have formed, but not perfectly coat the LFP particle. The average carbon layer size is 78,31 nm with the size of LFSP particle is 352.82 nm. The LCR Meter result showed that LFP-7% had the largest electronic conductivity (2,275x10^-7 S/cm). The carbon coating led to significant enhancement in electronic conductivity from ~10^-9-10^-10 S/cm to ~10^-7 S/cm.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1028)
• Pages: 179-184
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1028.179
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Pelangi Az-Zahra, Mochammad Zainuri, Hafizhah Ellora Della, May Shela Widya Putri, Bintoro Anang Subagyo*
• Keywords: Carbon Coating, Cathode, Conductivity, Olivine, Solid-State Method

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